{"slug":"next-best-action","title":"next-best-action","summary":"Use when a project is between phases, the author asks what to do next, too many threads are open, or work needs re-entry. Not for gating whether one named task may proceed.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-08T21:27:08.489332Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/OutlineDriven/odin-claude-plugin","stars":38,"forks":0,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-09-25T15:08:42Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: next-best-action\ndescription: 'Use when a project is between phases, the author asks what to do next, too many threads are open, or work needs re-entry. Not for gating whether one named task may proceed.'</h2>\n<h1>Next best action</h1>\n<h2>Contract</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Field</th>\n<th>Bound contract</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Trigger</td>\n<td>A project is between phases, the author asks what to do next, too many valid threads are open, or the work needs re-entry into frame, build, drive, memo, assumption testing, restart, or ship</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Authority</td>\n<td>Read-only. No file, VCS, credential, paid, published, deployed, or remote mutation.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Side effect</td>\n<td>None: returns one action recommendation</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Done</td>\n<td>The recommendation cites the state it read; there is exactly one next action; the action has a clear done-when observable; a reader can tell why this action beats the other visible options</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Inputs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Project state description from the author: where the project is, what is blocked, what the goal is. <strong>Required: absent required state blocks the skill; it does not proceed with caveats.</strong></li>\n<li>Current supplied context: any plan files, task lists, or recent task outputs present in the conversation's current context. Optional.</li>\n<li>Explicit redacted evidence: any named artifact the author explicitly supplies as redacted evidence for this invocation. Optional.</li>\n<li>Named current task/plan artifacts: any plan, brief, or task file reachable as a named artifact in the current session. Optional.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Procedure</h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Read the current supplied context: plan files, task lists, recent task outputs, and named current task/plan artifacts present in the conversation. Done when: all available context is read.</li>\n<li>Identify the highest-priority unblocked task, the most critical blocker, or the single action whose completion would most advance the stated goal. Done when: one candidate action is identified.</li>\n<li>Select exactly one action as the next best action. Done when: exactly one action is selected.</li>\n<li>Cite the specific evidence from step 1 that supports this selection. Done when: the evidence citation names the source artifact or context.</li>\n<li>State the done-when observable: a concrete, verifiable condition that marks the action complete. Done when: the done-when is observable and verifiable.</li>\n<li>Name one alternative option that was considered and state why the selected action beats it. Done when: one alternative is named with a stated reason the selection wins.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Failure and recovery</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Failure class</th>\n<th>Condition</th>\n<th>Result</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>insufficient-state</td>\n<td>No author-supplied state description and no current supplied context reachable as a named artifact</td>\n<td>Block: return \"blocked: insufficient state, supply a project state description or make a plan/task artifact available in the current context\"</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>missing-required-evidence</td>\n<td>Author-supplied state description is absent</td>\n<td>Block: do not proceed; return \"blocked: required project state description missing\"</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ambiguous-priority</td>\n<td>Multiple actions tie for highest priority</td>\n<td>Pick one based on the author's stated goal; note the tie in the recommendation</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>no-clear-done-when</td>\n<td>Selected action has no observable completion condition</td>\n<td>Do not return it; state \"no clear next action\" and stop</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Partial-result rule: if optional evidence exists but is incomplete, return what is readable with a caveat that the recommendation is partial.\nNon-mutation rule: authority is read-only; return no changes to any file, variable, or state.</p>\n<h2>Output</h2>\n<p>One prioritized action recommendation: next action, evidence citation, done-when observable, reason it beats one alternative, in that order, plain text, exactly one action.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"agents/openai.yaml","sizeBytes":191,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3673,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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